When the church bell rang racist
Subtitle: the Methodist Church and the civil rights movement in Alabama
By: Donald E. Collins.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.; Methodist Church -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.; Methodist Church -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.; Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.; Civil rights movements -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.; Racism -- Religious aspects -- Methodists -- History -- 20th century.; Alabama -- Race relations.; Florida -- Race relations.
Description: Donald E. Collins tells the story of the Alabama-West Florida Methodist Conference and its reactions to the civil rights movement. Part memoir and part historical analysis, Collins reflects on white Methodists' struggle to come to terms with their consciences in the face of racial change and the standards of Christianity's universal gospel.

With events in Alabama during the civil rights movement as backdrop, Collins tells the story of the challenge that confronted the Methodist church and its ministers during those stormy years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-173) and index.